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Asia-Pacific Competition Update: OECD/Korea Policy Centre newsletter

This newsletter includes brief reports about the initiatives taking place within the OECD-Korea Policy Centre Competition Programme. It includes overviews of meetings held by the OECD in Paris and provides an opportunity for participating economies from the Asia-Pacific region to exchange their latest experiences on competition law and policy issues.

News, case studies and articles from Asian-Pacific competition authorities are welcome. If you have material that you wish to be considered for publication in this newsletter, please contact ajahn@oecdkorea.org.

2017

In this issue: News from Competition Authorities of Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Malaysia; Workshops on Best Practices in Cartel Procedures and on Market Studies; First OECD Asia High-Level Reps Meeting in Paris; Summary of OECD December 2017 Competition Committee meetings and Global Forum on Competition held in Paris; Centre's 2018 Programme.

In this issue: News from Competition Authorities of Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Mongolia, Competition in the Pharmaceutical Sector, Going after Bid-Rigging Cartels, Summary of OECD June 2017 Competition Committee meetings held in Paris and Fighting Cartels in Public Procurement: Policy and Practice.

2016

In this issue: How to do Competition Assessment Projects; Workshop on Merger Control, Workshop for Judges: Use of Competition Economics in the Courtroom, Workshop for Young Competition Agencies in ASEAN, ACCC sends stern warning following first criminal cartel in shipping industry, The Korea Fair Trade Commission amended “public notification on implementation of leniency programme”, Malaysia Competition Commission holds forum on competition law in pharmaceutical sector, Papua New Guinea: ICCC moves to implement compulsory notification on business acquisitions.

In this issue: Progress on SAIC’s competition legislation and legal enforcement, Central Government revised threshold for notification of combinations in India, Competition issues in communications and supervision and enforcement on partnerships agreement between MSME and large-sized enterprises in Indonesia, Competition Commission Hong Kong in full operation to enforce the city’s first cross-sector competition law, Japan publishes “Guidelines on Administrative Investigation Procedures under the Antimonopoly Act”, new guidelines for IP in Korea, Stock exchange mergers in Pakistan, Sanction of financial advisers in Singapore. Workshops on Remedies in Merger Cases and on Building Cartel Enforcement and an article on Cartel enforcement in Vietnam.

2015

In this issue: News from Asia-Pacific Competition Authorities; Workshop on Telecommunications and ICT Sectors; Workshop for Judges on the Use of Competition Economics, Summaries of discussions held during the OECD Competition Meetings in October 2015: Disruptive Innovation in the Financial Sector, Cartels Involving Intermediate Goods, Across Platform Parity Agreements, Links and Drivers between Competition and Employment, Peer Review of Kazakhstan’s, Disruptive Innovations and Competition Law Enforcement, Serial Offenders: Why Some Industries Seem Prone to Endemic Collusion.

In this issue: News from Asia-Pacific Competition Authorities, Workshop on Fighting Bid Rigging, Leader’s seminar on Competition Advocacy, Summaries of OECD competition meetings held in June 2015 on: Liner Shipping, Auctions and Tenders, Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement in Competition, Disruptive Innovation, Oligopoly Markets and a summary of the OECD workshop on ex-post evaluation of enforcement decisions by competition authorities.

2014

In this issue: Workshop for Judges on Evidence in Cartel Proceedings, Workshop for ASEAN Member States on Cartel Fundamentals, Workshop on Merger Review Procedures and Joint Ventures, Workshop on Evidentiary Issues in Establishing Abuse of Dominance, News from Asia-Pacific Competition Authorities, OECD Competition Committee Meetings.

2013

In this issue: News from Asia-Pacific Competition Authorities, OECD Competition Committee Meetings (Rail transportation services, Definition of Transaction of Merger Control Review, Role and Measurement of Quality in Competition Analysis, Road Fuel), Kuala Lumpur Workshop on Fighting Bid Rigging, and Workshop on Use of Indirect Evidence in Cartel Investigations.

2012

In this issue: News from Asia-Pacific Competition Authorities, 2012 May Workshop on Merger Analysis and the Implementation of Remedies, June OECD Committee Meetings, 2012 June Workshop on Vertical Restraints.

In this issue:Report on the centre's events (Abuse of Market Dominance and experience from India; Merger fundamentals and experiences from Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam; Competition in Telecommunications and Experiences from India, Indonesia Singapore and Pakistan).

2010

In this issue:Report on the Centre's events on Abuse of Dominance and Competition in the Banking Industry. Summary of OECD’s Competition Committee October 2010 meetings held in Paris (Information Sharing between Competitors, Green Growth, Arbitration and Competition Law, Structural Reform in Electricity and Railways, Update on Indonesian Competition Law). Case studies by Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Pakistan. Country updates by Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore.